Mayor Bill de Blasio got hit with a large bill today from the
city's Campaign Finance Board. His 2013 campaign was slapped with a
number of violations of the city's campaign finance law. Our
Courtney Gross was there and filed this report.

It was a hard-fought campaign that is going to cost hizzoner a
little extra — $47,778 to be exact

"These fines are huge," said Dick Dadey with Citizens
Union. "The charges are many. And I think it shows an
inattentiveness that maybe has carried into city hall and is one of
the reasons why there is these investigations into his fundraising
practices as mayor."

Clearly these audits take time. We are talking about a campaign that
was three years ago and already the mayor is ramping up his campaign
for reelection.

In a statement, a spokesman for the de blasio campaign said:
"While we strongly disagree with many of the CFB's findings, we
are pleased that the 2013 campaign audit is now complete."

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